Lamp-hanger



(No Model.)

G. E. HILLIARD.

- LAMP HANGER;

No. 483,448. Patented Sept. 27, 1892.

INVENTOHZ A TTOBNEYS s co PHDYO'LIT v UNITE TATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES E. HILLIARD, OF BIG RUN, PENNSYLVANIA.

LAM P-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 483,448, datedSeptember 27, 1892.

Application filed April 23, 1892. Serial No. 430,393. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES E. HILLIARD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Big Run, in the county of Jefferson and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inLamp-Hangers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has relation to improvements in hangers for connectinglamps to the hats or caps of miners; and it has for its general objectto so connect a lamp to a hat or cap that the same will always hang in aperpendicular position irrespective of the position of the hat or thebody of the wearer.

A further object of the invention is to so connect the lamp to thehanger that while it will be securely held against casual displacementit may be readily removed when desired.

A still further object of the invention is to always hold the spout ofthe lamp in front of and above the face of the wearer, so as to throwthe light forward in the direction that the wearer is looking.

To the attainment of the foregoing and other objects the inventionconsists in the peculiar construction,certai-n novel combinations, andthe adaptation of parts hereinafter described and claimed, andparticularly pointed out in the claims appended.

In the accompanying drawings, Figurel is a side elevation of my improveddevice in an operative position, the cap to which it is connected beingillustrated in section. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the hangerremoved from the cap. Fig. 3 is a top plan View of the same, and Fig. 4is a detached view of the shield and guard.

In the drawings similar letters designate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views, referring to which- A indicates the shield or plateof my improved device, which is preferably curved, as shown, and isprovided with lugs or ears (1., through the medium of which it isconnected to a hat or cap. This shield A, which is preferably formedfrom light sheet metal, is pro vided upon the inside adjacent to itsupper end with a segmental guard B, which is preferably of an angularform in cross-section and is designed and adapted to hold the upper endof the shield away from the hat or cap, for a purpose presently pointedout.

Pivotally connected to the front of the shield A is the shank O of theswinging bracket D, which comprises the said shank C, the horizontalcircular bodyE, the spring-ears F, extending upwardly from the sides ofthe body at diametrically-opposite points,-and the ear G, of acurvilinear form in cross-section, extending upwardly from the front ofthe body E. As better illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, thespring-ears F serve to clasp and securely hold the lamp H andeffectually prevent a casual displacement of the same, while the ear Gembraces the spout I of the said lamp and prevents the same fromturning, whereby it will be perceived that said spout always extendsforwardly in the direc tion that the miner is looking, which is ahighly-important desideratum. By the provision of the segmental guard Bupon the inside of the shield A it will be readily perceived that thehook J, which extends up from the lamp H and takes over the upper curvededge of the shield, is free to swing, so as not to prevent the bracket Dfrom assuming and retaining a perpendicular position.

From the foregoing description it will be readily perceived thatI haveprovided a lamphanger of such construction that the lamp will alwaysrest in a perpendicular position regardless of the position of the headorbody of the wearer and the spout will always extend forwardly in thedirection that the wearer is looking.

Although I have described aspecific means for connecting the shield ofmy improved device to a hat or cap, I do not desire to be confined tothe same, as such connection might be effected in any approved manner.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patout, is-

1. In a lamphanger, the combinatiomwith the shield, of a shank pivotedthereto and extending in a vertical line with the shield and having atits lower end a horizontal circular body portion, the lamp mounted onthe body, and means attached to the body to secure the lamp thereon,whereby the bracket, with the lamp, is adapted to hang vertically,substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. In a lamp-hanger, substantially as described, the combination, withthe shield, of the swinging bracket comprising the shank pivotallyconnected to the shield, the body, the spring-ears extending upwardlyfrom the body and adapted to clasp the lower ends of a lamp, and the earextending up from the body and adapted to embrace the spout of a lamp,substantially as specified.

3. In a lamp-hanger, substantially as described, the combination, withthe shield adapted to be attached to a hat or-cap and a lamp, and theear extending up from the body and adapted to embrace the spout of alamp, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES E. HILLIARD. Witnesses:

JOSEPH M. OooHRAN, GEo. K. TYsoN.

